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This may not have been the endorsement Elizabeth Warren was
looking for.

Ahead of Thursday night’s sixth Democratic presidential debate,
the Massachusetts senator’s presidential campaign trumpeted a
list of endorsements from figures associated with President
Obama’s campaign and administration — including alleged
“dangerous sexual predator” Ed Buck.

“I’m grateful to have the support of these Obama campaign alumni
and my fellow Obama administration alumni,” tweeted Warren on
Wednesday, linking to a CNN article about more than 200 Obama-
linked figures signing on to back the Massachusetts senator in
2020.

But a closer look at the list reveals an “Edward B. P. Buck” —
apparently the disgraced Democratic mega-donor charged with
forcing lethal doses of drugs on multiple lovers at this West
Hollywood home.

The first death came in 2017, when Gemmel Moore, a 26-year-old
homeless male prostitute, suffered a fatal crystal meth overdose
in Buck’s home.

Buck at first dodged charges in that death — as he initially did
in January 2019 when a second man, Timothy Dean, 55, died in the
home of a meth overdose.

But when a third man, 37, suffered a non-fatal overdose at the
home in September, Buck was arrested on charges of battery,
administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house, with
prosecutors blasting him as a “violent, dangerous sexual
predator” in court papers.

Since charged in the deaths of both Moore and Dean, Buck has
maintained his innocence.

Warren’s campaign said in a statement that the list was compiled
by former figures in the Obama camp, and that Buck never should
have been included because, while he donated to Obama, he was
neither a staffer nor an alum of the campaign.

“This was a mistake considering Ed Buck was not staff or an
alum,” said campaign spokesman Chris Hayden. “This was put
together via Google Doc by some Obama alums and they caught some
non-staff that populated the list but obviously they missed one.

“They are removing it.”

Warren is one of seven hopefuls for the Democratic presidential
nominee set to compete Thursday night in the sixth round of nationally-televised debates.

https://nypost.com/2019/12/19/warren-campaign-touts-list-of- supporters-including-predator-ed-buck/
 

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